The small things in life that annoy you

[egg]

2 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

On a similar note - people who say "One hundred percent!" when what they actually just mean is "yes".

💯

[whelk]

On 17/05/2026 at 15:13, iansums said:

Saying ‘amazing’ to describe something that is not amazing. Using the word ‘super’ to emphasise something 

What is better awesome or amazing?

[whelk]

21 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

On a similar note - people who say "One hundred percent!" when what they actually just mean is "yes".

Beats 110% or God forbid 1000%

[badgerx16]

12 minutes ago, whelk said:

Beats 110% or God forbid 1000%

Or reducing pharmacy prices by 600%.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

40 minutes ago, whelk said:

What is better awesome or amazing?

Awesome.

Both are better than Gnarly.

[iansums]

17 hours ago, whelk said:

What is better awesome or amazing?

Both the same IMO, 'awesome' is the American version.

[Weston Super Saint]

Mrs WSS says 'amazing' all the time.  Waitress brought drinks to the table, "that's amazing, thank you".

It used to annoy me, then I worked out that she really does get amazed by the simplest of things so she gets a pass.

[tdmickey3]

28 minutes ago, Weston Super Saint said:

Mrs WSS says 'amazing' all the time.  Waitress brought drinks to the table, "that's amazing, thank you".

It used to annoy me, then I worked out that she really does get amazed by the simplest of things so she gets a pass.

Even you ??

[Weston Super Saint]

2 hours ago, tdmickey3 said:

Even you ??

It takes a lot to amaze me.

[iansums]

Supporting Saints FC 🥺

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

When you write an excellent post on SWF and it's the last on the page so doesn't get the credit it deserves.

 

[Turkish]

Rip off airport prices 

£20 for a burger and chips if you’d paid £6 for it in Wetherspoons you think it was rough

2 beers, 2 wines a coke and 4 burger £123 absolute piss take 

[whelk]

People’s, well the media obsession with record temperatures being broken. It’s fucking hot but I don’t care if it’s 32.4 or 32.9 in Berkshire

[whelk]

16 hours ago, Turkish said:

Rip off airport prices 

£20 for a burger and chips if you’d paid £6 for it in Wetherspoons you think it was rough

2 beers, 2 wines a coke and 4 burger £123 absolute piss take 

Where you going to go if you're hungry? Having said that some are better than others but I am too principled to buy a small bag of Haribo for £6.50

[Turkish]

27 minutes ago, whelk said:

Where you going to go if you're hungry? Having said that some are better than others but I am too principled to buy a small bag of Haribo for £6.50

For Leeds airport the options are Burger King or two pubs both of which were absolutely rammed yesterday and definitely put their prices up from last time I was there a month ago on a BUSINESS trip. Absolute piss take on top of the fact that the holidays are all 30% higher due to it being half term. 
 

another Holliday rip of scam is that son is now 13 so we are paying more or less adult prices for him now, why? What’s the difference between 12 and 13? We’re B&B this time but our summer holiday we’re All inclusive. He’s not drinking any alcohol, he’s not using any different facilities, it’s still a soda bed in the room which is the same. I don’t get why it shoots up you turn 13. We’ve booked next years summer holiday already with friends who have a kid who’ll be 11 then mine will be 14, we’re paying £2000 more than them for exactly the same holiday 

Edited yesterday at 08:52 by Turkish

[Turkish]

On 19/05/2026 at 17:12, Weston Super Saint said:

Mrs WSS says 'amazing' all the time.  Waitress brought drinks to the table, "that's amazing, thank you".

It used to annoy me, then I worked out that she really does get amazed by the simplest of things so she gets a pass.

Probably the reason why she married you

[Weston Super Saint]

38 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Probably the reason why she married you

It's definitely in the top two reasons.

[Weston Super Saint]

44 minutes ago, Turkish said:

For Leeds airport the options are Burger King or two pubs both of which were absolutely rammed yesterday and definitely put their prices up from last time I was there a month ago on a BUSINESS trip. Absolute piss take on top of the fact that the holidays are all 30% higher due to it being half term. 
 

another Holliday rip of scam is that son is now 13 so we are paying more or less adult prices for him now, why? What’s the difference between 12 and 13? We’re B&B this time but our summer holiday we’re All inclusive. He’s not drinking any alcohol, he’s not using any different facilities, it’s still a soda bed in the room which is the same. I don’t get why it shoots up you turn 13. We’ve booked next years summer holiday already with friends who have a kid who’ll be 11 then mine will be 14, we’re paying £2000 more than them for exactly the same holiday 

At least he has a clear target for what he needs to earn in the next 12 months if he wants to go on holiday.

[trousers]

18 hours ago, Turkish said:

Rip off airport prices 

£20 for a burger and chips if you’d paid £6 for it in Wetherspoons you think it was rough

2 beers, 2 wines a coke and 4 burger £123 absolute piss take 

I usually pay c.£30 -£40 a head to go into one of the airport lounges... Depending on the lounge, you can get some decent "all you can eat" food and unlimited drinks (incl beer and 'fizz'). Also get decent seats, usually a good  view of the planes and gets you away from the riff-raff.... ( )

That said, I think more and more people are cottoning on to how relatively reasonably priced these 'pay per visit' lounges are, as the ones I use at Heathrow have been pretty rammed the last couple of trips (that said, you still get a nice comfy seat and table even when busy)

Edited yesterday at 10:11 by trousers

[Turkish]

1 minute ago, trousers said:

I usually pay c.£30 -£40 a head to go into one of the airport lounges... Depending on the lounge, you can get some decent "all you can eat" food and unlimited drinks (incl beer and 'fizz'). Also get decent seats, usually a good  view of the planes and gets you away from the riff-raff.... ( )

That said, I think more and more people are cottoning on to how relatively reasonably priced these 'pay per visit' lounges are as they've been pretty rammed the last couple of trips (that said, you still get a nice comfy seat and table even when busy)

I get lounge access free with my Amex but the one in Leeds is shite. Do that when going from other airports

[Holmes_and_Watson]

1 hour ago, Turkish said:

For Leeds airport the options are Burger King or two pubs both of which were absolutely rammed yesterday and definitely put their prices up from last time I was there a month ago on a BUSINESS trip. Absolute piss take on top of the fact that the holidays are all 30% higher due to it being half term. 
 

another Holliday rip of scam is that son is now 13 so we are paying more or less adult prices for him now, why? What’s the difference between 12 and 13? We’re B&B this time but our summer holiday we’re All inclusive. He’s not drinking any alcohol, he’s not using any different facilities, it’s still a soda bed in the room which is the same. I don’t get why it shoots up you turn 13. We’ve booked next years summer holiday already with friends who have a kid who’ll be 11 then mine will be 14, we’re paying £2000 more than them for exactly the same holiday 

There was a consumer law suit about it. Unfortunately, they hired the Saints lawyers who tried to argue about the difference between 72 and 71 hours. 🙂

[trousers]

3 minutes ago, Turkish said:

I get lounge access free with my Amex but the one in Leeds is shite. Do that when going from other airports

Yeah, the more provincial the airport the more basic the lounges tend to be. At Exeter, for example, you get biscuits, fruit, pastries and cereals, and that's about it... Still plenty of beer etc on tap though...

[whelk]

3 hours ago, Turkish said:

For Leeds airport the options are Burger King or two pubs both of which were absolutely rammed yesterday and definitely put their prices up from last time I was there a month ago on a BUSINESS trip. Absolute piss take on top of the fact that the holidays are all 30% higher due to it being half term. 
 

another Holliday rip of scam is that son is now 13 so we are paying more or less adult prices for him now, why? What’s the difference between 12 and 13? We’re B&B this time but our summer holiday we’re All inclusive. He’s not drinking any alcohol, he’s not using any different facilities, it’s still a soda bed in the room which is the same. I don’t get why it shoots up you turn 13. We’ve booked next years summer holiday already with friends who have a kid who’ll be 11 then mine will be 14, we’re paying £2000 more than them for exactly the same holiday 

Where are you off to?

[Turkish]

7 minutes ago, whelk said:

Where are you off to?

We’re in Kos. Arrived last night 

Edited yesterday at 12:10 by Turkish

[skintsaint]

21 hours ago, Turkish said:

Rip off airport prices 

£20 for a burger and chips if you’d paid £6 for it in Wetherspoons you think it was rough

2 beers, 2 wines a coke and 4 burger £123 absolute piss take 

Yeah, if flying within Europe we are getting three meal deals from Smiths...even at £7 a time I refuse to pay for meals at airports.

 

[whelk]

2 hours ago, Turkish said:

We’re in Kos. Arrived last night 

Good first impressions? Fancy there or Kefalonia this summer maybe

[Gloucester Saint]

On 24/05/2026 at 16:23, Turkish said:

2 beers, 2 wines a coke and 4 burger £123 absolute piss take 

Flamin’ Nora, that makes motorway service stations Aldi-like for value for money by comparison. Burgers are £12-15 each around here and I’m in the chocolate box (not Gloucester itself) part of the Gloucestershire Cotswolds. 

[Turkish]

1 hour ago, whelk said:

Good first impressions? Fancy there or Kefalonia this summer maybe

Been here before 14 years ago. Loved it then and it’s still nice, barely changed from what I remember. We’re in Kefalos. Smallish, quiet resort 20 minutes from the airport. Mainly local run hotels, restaurants and bars. Food is good, 27 degrees, hotel simple but nice, views lovely, what’s not to like 

[Whitey Grandad]

2 hours ago, Turkish said:

Been here before 14 years ago. Loved it then and it’s still nice, barely changed from what I remember. We’re in Kefalos. Smallish, quiet resort 20 minutes from the airport. Mainly local run hotels, restaurants and bars. Food is good, 27 degrees, hotel simple but nice, views lovely, what’s not to like 

What are the beaches like?

[Turkish]

19 minutes ago, Whitey Grandad said:

What are the beaches like?

Nice, stoney like a lot of Greek islands but very nice 

 

Edited yesterday at 18:54 by Turkish

[trousers]

Coasters that stick to the bottom of glasses, mugs, etc, initially without you releasing. F**k off with your weird anti-gravity shit FFS!

[whelk]

20 hours ago, Turkish said:

Nice, stoney like a lot of Greek islands but very nice 

 

Watch out for that cloud on the horizon 

[whelk]

22 hours ago, Turkish said:

Mainly local run hotels, restaurants and bars. Food is good

And cheaper than the airport!

[trousers]

A British news channel using the word "roster" in a world cup squad announcement. F**k off with your Americanisms you f***ing ****s. 

 

[Hamilton Saint]

On 25/05/2026 at 10:49, whelk said:

Good first impressions? Fancy there or Kefalonia this summer maybe

We were there twice in April--using it as a travel hub between Athens and Patmos. Because it has an airport, it works as a good connecting point for ferries (Blue Star and Dodekanisos Seaways) travelling north and south between the Dodecanese islands. Kos is nothing special as far as we are concerned, although Kos Town is starting to grow on us, after our fourth visit. Our favourite destinations in the Dodecanese are Patmos and Tilos. You need to get to them by ferry, so that already makes them quieter than most popular islands. We look for quiet, secluded islands with picturesque and interesting main towns, good hiking trails, some hilly terrain (unlike many rather flat Cycladic isdlands), and photogenic landscapes (I'm an amateur photographer). The other Dodecanese island that serves as a travel hub is Rhodes. It provides ferry connections to islands in the southern end of the chain, like Symi and Tilos. 

[Turkish]

33 minutes ago, Hamilton Saint said:

We were there twice in April--using it as a travel hub between Athens and Patmos. Because it has an airport, it works as a good connecting point for ferries (Blue Star and Dodekanisos Seaways) travelling north and south between the Dodecanese islands. Kos is nothing special as far as we are concerned, although Kos Town is starting to grow on us, after our fourth visit. Our favourite destinations in the Dodecanese are Patmos and Tilos. You need to get to them by ferry, so that already makes them quieter than most popular islands. We look for quiet, secluded islands with picturesque and interesting main towns, good hiking trails, some hilly terrain (unlike many rather flat Cycladic isdlands), and photogenic landscapes (I'm an amateur photographer). The other Dodecanese island that serves as a travel hub is Rhodes. It provides ferry connections to islands in the southern end of the chain, like Symi and Tilos. 

I do agree Kos is nothing special. We like it though as it’s quiet and relaxed, the resort we’re in is small and run by locals. Food is good and cheap. Symi is beautiful we did ferry trip there a few years ago. I’d love to do an island hoping holiday round Greece as some point  

[Turkish]

1 hour ago, whelk said:

And cheaper than the airport!

and no all inclusives full of gluttonous cunts piling their plates up then leaving half of it, sitting by the pool all day drinking pint after pint of LAGER whilst letting their feral kids run riot. All of them looking miserable and bored as fuck as their holiday has been two weeks doing fuck all other than drinking, laying down killing time before the next meal. Fat, greedy, lazy slobs 

[whelk]

16 minutes ago, Turkish said:

and no all inclusives full of gluttonous cunts piling their plates up then leaving half of it, sitting by the pool all day drinking pint after pint of LAGER whilst letting their feral kids run riot. All of them looking miserable and bored as fuck as their holiday has been two weeks doing fuck all other than drinking, laying down killing time before the next meal. Fat, greedy, lazy slobs 

Well summed up

[trousers]

21 minutes ago, Turkish said:

and no all inclusives full of gluttonous cunts piling their plates up then leaving half of it, sitting by the pool all day drinking pint after pint of LAGER whilst letting their feral kids run riot. All of them looking miserable and bored as fuck as their holiday has been two weeks doing fuck all other than drinking, laying down killing time before the next meal. Fat, greedy, lazy slobs 

Sounds like you ought to try one of the more up-market 'all-inclusives' that posh people such as myself and Lady T frequent.... Far too expensive for the aforementioned riff-raff....

Edited 1 hour ago by trousers

[Weston Super Saint]

1 minute ago, trousers said:

Sounds like you ought to try one of the more up-market 'all-inclusives' that posh people such as myself and Lady T frequent.... Far to expensive for the aforementioned riff-raff....

*too.

I guess there's no entry requirement to these upmarket all inclusives...

 

[egg]

30 minutes ago, Turkish said:

and no all inclusives full of gluttonous cunts piling their plates up then leaving half of it, sitting by the pool all day drinking pint after pint of LAGER whilst letting their feral kids run riot. All of them looking miserable and bored as fuck as their holiday has been two weeks doing fuck all other than drinking, laying down killing time before the next meal. Fat, greedy, lazy slobs 

Yep, we're doing a road trip in Belgium. The Brits stand out a mile everywhere we go - fat and either pale or orange. The locals are nearly all in great nick. 

[Weston Super Saint]

1 minute ago, egg said:

Yep, we're doing a road trip in Belgium. The Brits stand out a mile everywhere we go - fat and either pale or orange. The locals are nearly all in great nick. 

To be fair, that's just the locals you've seen. The fat lazy ones don't leave the house so you won't have bumped into them...

[Turkish]

34 minutes ago, trousers said:

Sounds like you ought to try one of the more up-market 'all-inclusives' that posh people such as myself and Lady T frequent.... Far too expensive for the aforementioned riff-raff....

done up market ones in the Caribbean and they’re even worse full of those as I describe but the American versions

[Whitey Grandad]

1 hour ago, Turkish said:

I do agree Kos is nothing special. We like it though as it’s quiet and relaxed, the resort we’re in is small and run by locals. Food is good and cheap. Symi is beautiful we did ferry trip there a few years ago. I’d love to do an island hoping holiday round Greece as some point  

Maybe get yourselves a sailing boat?

[trousers]

1 minute ago, Turkish said:

done up market ones in the Caribbean and they’re even worse full of those as I describe but the American versions

Yeah... Fair point.... Just as I hit 'send' on that post I reminded myself of the Americans.... The Seychelles and Mauritius were largely riff-raff AND American free....

[trousers]

Just now, Whitey Grandad said:

Maybe get yourselves a sailing boat?

And call her Dignity...?

[egg]

1 minute ago, trousers said:

And call her Dignity...?

Spotify threw that at me earlier today. Splendid 😊.

[whelk]

29 minutes ago, egg said:

Yep, we're doing a road trip in Belgium. The Brits stand out a mile everywhere we go - fat and either pale or orange. The locals are nearly all in great nick. 

TBF any Brit that has made it to Belgium is probably a little more sophisticated than many